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    <title>MySeries DateFormat Help</title>
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    <b>Date Format Patterns</b><br>
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      <tr><th>Day (pattern : d for numeric , E for textual)</th></tr>
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        <td>The number of pattern letters are the minimum number of digits.Shorter numbers are zero padded
          (eg d -> 4 , d -> 14 , dd -> 04 , dd -> 14 , ddd -> 004 etc</td>
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        <td>If the number of pattern letters are less than four a short form is used
          (eg EEE -> Tue), else the full form is used (eg EEEE -> Tueaday)</td>
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      <tr><th colspan="2">Month (pattern : M)</th></tr>
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        <td>If the number of pattern letters is 1 or 2 the numeric represantation of the month is used (zero padded if needed)
          (eg M -> 5 , M -> 11 , MM -> 05, MM -> 11).If 3 pattern letters are provided the textual
          short form is used (eg MMM -> Jul , MMM -> Aug etc) else the full form is used (eg MMMM -> August, MMMM -> December etc)
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      <tr><th colspan="2">Year (pattern : y)</th></tr>
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        <td>if the number of pattern letters is 2, the year is truncated to 2 digits (eg yy -> 08 for 2008)
          if the numbers are 3 the 2digit year is zero padded (yyy -> 008 for 2008) . If the number is 4
          The full year is used (yyyy -> 2008). For greater numbers the full form is zero padded
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